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Proposed Budget - Fiscal Year 2027
On February 5, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry released his proposed fiscal 2027 budget. The budget totals $46.94 billion, a decrease of 6.19 percent from the existing operating budget for fiscal 2026. The general fund portion of the budget totals $12.60 billion, a decrease of 0.49 percent from the existing budget for fiscal 2026. Total revenue for fiscal 2027 is projected at $46.95 billion, a decrease of 7.02 percent from the total revenue for the existing budget for fiscal 2026. The state general fund is broken down into the following spending categories: education (43.8 percent), human resources (29.8 percent), public safety (13.7 percent), general government (9.8 percent), business and infrastructure (2.0 percent), and environment and natural resources (0.9 percent). 

Proposed Budget Highlights 

The proposed fiscal 2027 budget is a flat-funded budget that focuses on the governor’s goal of improving the lives of all Louisianans. The following recommendations are included in the budget:

Health and Human Services 

• Provides funds for nursing home and hospice inflationary adjustments. 
• Directs fund for an inflationary adjustment for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled. 
• Provides funds for the Medicaid Managed Care Organization adjustment. 
• Allocates funds for increased state match administrative costs of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  
• Provides funds for the statewide crisis hub to support the Louisiana Crisis Response System. 
• Allocates funds to implement a “One Door” service delivery system as mandated by legislation passed in Louisiana in 2025. 
• Provides funds to increase foster care board rates and adoption and guardianship subsidies. 
• Funds the Child Welfare Modernization Project. 

Public Safety

• Allocates funding to the Office of State Police for approximately 1,109 State Trooper Commissioned Officer positions. 
• Provides an increase to the Office of State Police to finance the purchase of 215 replacement vehicles and for the purchase of operational equipment.  
• Provides funding to the Jetson Center for Youth to ensure full operational coverage and provide 44 additional secure beds. 
• Allocates funding to operate an additional secure care facility to provide 56 additional beds. 
• Allocates funding to the Corrections Services for 4,287 Authorized Table of Organization positions to house 15,400 offenders in state-operated correctional facilities. 
• Provides funding to Local Housing of State Adult Offenders to increase the per diem paid to Sheriffs by three dollars. 

Education

• Provides funds for the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program. 
• Allocates funds for the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) to financially assist students to attend an eligible Louisiana institution. 
• Provides funds for a program management software platform for the Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust (Program). 
• Directs funds to the Louisiana Go Grant Program which supports non-traditional and low-to-moderate income students attending college.
• Increases funding for the M.J. Foster Promise Program which assists eligible students at two-year public postsecondary education institutions or accredited proprietary schools. 
• Allocates funds to maintain the Steve Carter Education Program which includes both literacy and math tutoring to families of eligible K-12 public school students. 
• Maintains the state’s investment in the Child Care Assistance Program which focuses primarily on children birth to 3-years-old. 
• Continues to provide support for the Cecil J. Picard LA-4 Pre-K Program for at-risk 4-year-olds. 

Other

• Provides funds to replace 62 vehicles in the Agriculture and Forestry Department. 
• Allocates funds to the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism for major repairs in state parks and to acquire replacement equipment for the upkeep and maintenance of state parks’ grounds 
• Increases funding to the Department of Transportation and Development for new or replacement acquisitions for the Operations Program. 
• Provides funding for the High Impact Jobs Program established in 2025 that encourages companies to create jobs that pay above the parish average wage and offer a basic health benefit plan. 

Proposed Budget Information

Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Proposal

Budget Summary

Budget Presentation

State General Fund Revenues and Expenditures